a half way decent postal system not employing people who are likely to take out the local McDonalds with a high power assault rifle.
Farming today on R4. The livestock prices are as good as the shipping forecast.
Bovril
Poteen
Is Club soda Irish?
There’s a place in Charing Cross that does semi-reasonable facsimiles of cornish pasties, otherwise the only place north of the Tamar that you can get decent pasties is my kitchen! 
In Rome, a few years back, we saw a money changing machine. It did about 20 different currencies, and we simply had to try it.
We fed in a £10 note (bill), it detected it was UK currency and displayed the instructions in English. Then told us how many Lira we’d get and asked if OK. Pressed “yes” and the Italian money was dispensed.
Never seen one of those anywhere else.
Harvey’s hamburgers? Anyone? Bueller? Page 4 and nobody’s shouted out for Harvey’s?
There’s Caravan bars and Montecristo robustos, decent margarine and small displacement Acuras, but the real tragedy is clearly the unavailability of eunoia.
(yeah, same to you 
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I seem to remember reading that they don’t have RDS car radios in the States. That surprised me. Maybe there’s an equivalent system.
As Americans, we’ll never get to enjoy a slew of the world’s finest autos in their original strength and some not at all… e.g. the Nissan Skyline.
American smarties are less well liked? 
There are radio stations in the US Midwest that broadcast almost nothing but agricultural product prices. Once, I heard an announcer come as close to sounding like a Spanish-language soccer commentator as you’ll hear, when he revealed the price of oats went up a penny a bushel in Salina; whatever makes you happy, I guess. Unlike the BBC, though, there’s commercials, usually for fertilizer, seed, and distant tractor dealerships.
No shipping forecast, but there are stations that broadcast exclusively to over-the-road truckers in the US, too. Some radio and TV stations in the Great Lakes region include water temperatures, nautical wind speeds and wave heights in their weather forecasts.
I got lost in the Bananas Foster discussion, and can’t figure out if people are saying they are or aren’t available in the U.S. Just for the record, though, Bananas Foster were created at Brennan’s in New Orleans.
We have them. They just aren’t very popular and not many folks know about them.
Cruskits
I came to love Cruskits during a study-abroad program in Australia, and I missed them sorely when I got back to the States. Tasty, crunchy, crispy little buggers.
Mmmmmmmm.
Splenda products.
I don’t mean the sugar packets and boxes.
I’m not sure, maybe it’s regional? But I’ve never seen any splenda-sweetened product here in the U.S.
Only in Canada.
Galaxy Minstrels. I fell in love with these things when I went to England in 1997, and can’t find them over here (San Jose, CA). They’re kind of like M&M’s, only bigger and tastier.
Another British candy bar whose name I can’t remember, but which is exactly the same as the old “Marathon” bars they used to have in the US in the '70s (albeit at about 7/8 scale). Twisted chocolate with caramel inside.
And I’ll second Tim Tams. Mmmmm, Tim Tams.
I just went to London on a school trip and feel sad that I only brough back one box of Turkish Delight. My sister tells me there’s a British specialty store nearby…I’m going to have to check it out. My classmates brought out the entire Kinder Egg stocks of the two grocery stores closest to our hotel.
The spiced chocolate that Germany puts out at Xmas time. That stuff is so good. I’m totally addicted. I have a couple of e-friends who send it to me every year.
VCDS. Most people don’t even know what they are, and I’ve heard it’s illegal to own them outside of the country of origin.
On the plus side, I’ve heard that Coinstar Banks have not made their way to other countries. Those are nice little machines that you put your change into, and the machine counts it and gives you a voucher that you turn in for cash. I 've gotten through some very bad weeks by using my pennies to buy food.
I’d say you’d be better off with a Turkish or Greek specialty store - ask for Loukoum or Lukumi respectively. British turkish delight comes in just a chocolate-covered form, which, IMO, blows.
And the little baby 3" CD-singles that are released mostly in Japan. They are SO adorable. I’ve paid big bucks on ebay for some of those.
I can get Ting grapefruit soda at my local Safeway.
I want trains that run from city to city/country to country and on time that don’t cost a small fortune.
Mozzarella di Buffalo, Bresala, Procuitto di Parma, Neapolitain salami, heavy cooking cream that comes in a little carton, Blood oranges, arugala, gelato. A proper selection of italian wines, they do produce more than chianti and pinot grigio.
An italian restuarant that serves REAL italian food instead of some nouveax faux italian that cost a ridiculous sum. I don’t want italian-american italian, I want italian-italian.
Produce with flavor ,in the US produce seems to be grown for uniform shape and size instead of taste.
Decent pizza that doesn’t come loaded down with too much tomato sauce and ingredients, I want a decent Marghareta Pizza.
Sorry if my spelling is off, I never even picked up the language properly.
In Italy we didn’t have a land line, only a cell phone. Bought the phone and would recharge the credit when needed. Had no problems calling Germany or the states from Italy. Reception was good most of the time (I was very close to the airport and think it cause a bit of interference). Had roaming added to the phone and we took it all over Europe with us.
I can get Ting grapefruit soda at my local Safeway.
I want trains that run from city to city/country to country and on time that don’t cost a small fortune.
Mozzarella di Buffalo, Bresala, Procuitto di Parma, Neapolitain salami, heavy cooking cream that comes in a little carton, Blood oranges, arugala, gelato. A proper selection of italian wines, they do produce more than chianti and pinot grigio.
An italian restuarant that serves REAL italian food instead of some nouveax faux italian that cost a ridiculous sum. I don’t want italian-american italian, I want italian-italian.
Produce with flavor ,in the US produce seems to be grown for uniform shape and size instead of taste.
Decent pizza that doesn’t come loaded down with too much tomato sauce and ingredients, I want a decent Marghareta Pizza.
Sorry if my spelling is off, I never even picked up the language properly.
In Italy we didn’t have a land line, only a cell phone. Bought the phone and would recharge the credit when needed. Had no problems calling Germany or the states from Italy. Reception was good most of the time (I was very close to the airport and think it cause a bit of interference). Had roaming added to the phone and we took it all over Europe with us.